donnynannette wrote: The trainer was very nice. I also noticed they were training all the dogs using positive reinforcement except one german shepard the dog was back in the corner and any time a dog would come near her she would raise her lip and snarl. The owner had a remote collar on her and would zap her when she misbehaved.
As far as the trainer approaching you, this is what their job is. They're supposed to sell you a product- a training class. And on that note, no, it is strictly against Petco policy to train a dog using anything that is not covered in their notebook and e-collars are not covered. They also aren't supposed to deliver any corrections even with a regular flat collar (and the dogs shouldn't be in anything other than a regular flat collar/ no chokes or prongs).
TinaMartin wrote:donnynannette wrote: The trainer was very nice. I also noticed they were training all the dogs using positive reinforcement except one german shepard the dog was back in the corner and any time a dog would come near her she would raise her lip and snarl. The owner had a remote collar on her and would zap her when she misbehaved.
This disturbs me. It sounds like he was correcting the dog when the dog is telling him that she is uncomfortable with how close the dogs are. Yeah it may make her stop snarling but when she feels her space is being invaded and he has removed the warning sign and she may simply decide to act instead.
donnynannette wrote:I felt so bad for the german shepard. I have watched a ton of training videos and alot of them say that if they trust you and a dog comes over to them they look to you for protections. When another dog would come over to her she would hide her tail between her legs try to get behind her owner and then if the dog would still bug her she would snarl her lip and jump at her owner as if to say please save me. The owner would shout Midnight fooey. And then shock her. She would then sit down next to him but looked so scared and honestly in my opinion she was not doing anything wrong the other dogs were right up in her face and pushing at her.
donnynannette wrote:I felt so bad for the german shepard. I have watched a ton of training videos and alot of them say that if they trust you and a dog comes over to them they look to you for protections. When another dog would come over to her she would hide her tail between her legs try to get behind her owner and then if the dog would still bug her she would snarl her lip and jump at her owner as if to say please save me. The owner would shout Midnight fooey. And then shock her. She would then sit down next to him but looked so scared and honestly in my opinion she was not doing anything wrong the other dogs were right up in her face and pushing at her.
TheRedQueen wrote:Oh...you're in PA? I've got a ton of R+ trainer friends in PA that are pit bull friendly! Shoot me a PM!
amalie79 wrote:TheRedQueen wrote:Oh...you're in PA? I've got a ton of R+ trainer friends in PA that are pit bull friendly! Shoot me a PM!
I was a little surprised that you hadn't jumped on that...
TheRedQueen wrote:Oh...you're in PA? I've got a ton of R+ trainer friends in PA that are pit bull friendly! Shoot me a PM!
donnynannette wrote:Hope this works trying again . This i Diesel with scrappy and areena my neighbors dog and diesels best buddy.
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